18-letter words containing d, e, t, n, s

stand confessed as — to be revealed or admitted as
stand one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
stand-by passenger — someone who buys a (usually cheaper) ticket, if they are still available, on a plane just before it is about to leave rather than booking in advance
stand/wait in line — When people stand in line or wait in line, they stand one behind the other in a line, waiting their turn for something.
standard amenities — the sanitary facilities recommended for all dwellings by the housing law: a fixed bath or shower, wash-hand basin, and sink, all supplied with hot and cold water, and a flush toilet
standard deviation — a measure of dispersion in a frequency distribution, equal to the square root of the mean of the squares of the deviations from the arithmetic mean of the distribution.
standard schnauzer — schnauzer.
standing committee — a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
stockholm syndrome — an emotional attachment to a captor formed by a hostage as a result of continuous stress, dependence, and a need to cooperate for survival.
strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
strike an attitude — to assume a posture or pose, often an affected or theatrical one
strong derived set — the set of all strong accumulation points of a given set.
strontium monoxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
sun-dried tomatoes — tomatoes that have been dried or preserved by exposure to the sun
suspended sentence — law: deferred decision
sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
synthetic division — a simplified procedure for dividing a polynomial by a linear polynomial.
take sth in stride — If you take a problem or difficulty in stride, you deal with it calmly and easily.
tan someone's hide — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
tardive dyskinesia — a disorder characterized by restlessness and involuntary rolling of the tongue or twitching of the face, trunk, or limbs, usually occurring as a complication of long-term therapy with antipsychotic drugs.
temporary hardness — hardness of water due to the presence of magnesium and calcium hydrogencarbonates, which can be precipitated as carbonates by boiling
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black and tans — a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin
the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
threatened species — a species likely, in the near future, to become an endangered species within all or much of its range.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to come unstitched — to go wrong or awry
to find one's feet — If you say that someone is finding their feet in a new situation, you mean that they are starting to feel confident and to deal with things successfully.
to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
to one's advantage — If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you.
to pick and choose — If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
townsend avalanche — avalanche (def 3).
transcendental ego — (in Kantian epistemology) that part of the self that is the subject and never the object.
transit theodolite — a theodolite having a telescope that can be transited.
transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.

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